Bealtaine 2012

The Bealtaine Festival has roots in 27 counties with 592 organisers hosting over 3000 events. Last year over 120,000 people took part in all kinds of arts activities from Dawn Chorus’s of singing choirs on beaches to theatre and film tours in arts centres nationwide.

As the country’s largest collaborative Arts Festival, Bealtaine is locally owned by communities but retains an enviable reputation as the world’s first national celebration of creativity in older age. Scotland and Australia are laying the foundations for their own similar festivals and we expect this year’s Irish festival to even bigger and better!

2012 is European year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations so we particularly welcome opportunities to bring young and old participants/organisers together this year to help explore our festival theme ‘What kind of old do you want to be’?

If you would like to organise a Bealtaine event – please go to our Event Organiser page for information about how you can do this with ideas for activities to get your creative juices flowing.

If you are interested in getting a flavour of what is ahead in 2012, have a look here at last year’s programme.